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- This invention relates to the use of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) facilities for the transfer of synchronous transfer mode (STM) bearer traffic and, in particular, to the use of cached switched virtual circuits (SVCs) to facilitate connection setup through the ATM network.
- ATM asynchronous transfer mode
- STM synchronous transfer mode
- SVCs cached switched virtual circuits
- ATM asynchronous transfer mode
- ATM networks possess the required flexibility to handle the current bearer traffic mix in the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the ATM network is not well suited to provide call connection services at the speed to which PSTN subscribers have become accustomed.
- the establishment of a virtual connection across an ATM network may introduce unacceptable delays in call setup, depending on the number of ATM nodes involved in the SVC and the call setup request rate. Consequently, before a significant volume of traffic can be transferred to an ATM backbone, some method of facilitating call setup is required if customer satisfaction is to be ensured.
- One method of ensuring rapid call completion is to utilize permanent virtual circuits (PVCS) or permanent virtual paths (PVPs) in the ATM network to facilitate call setup. Since the PVCs and PVPs are preconfigured, call setup rates easily meet customer expectations.
- PVCS permanent virtual circuits
- PVPs permanent virtual paths
- a network Working Group Internet-draft document published on the Internet in October, 1997 proposes a rudimentary ATM SVC caching method in which virtual circuits are cached in pools of unspecified bit rate connections for transferring IP packets over an ATM backbone network. The paper does not explain how the cached SVCs are established or maintained. A problem with the proposal in the draft document is that it does not describe any dynamic method for managing cached SVCs to balance bandwidth usage and switch resource usage to ensure efficient use of resources.
- a method and apparatus for caching SVCs to rapidly establish a communication connection through an ATM network was also described in applicants' copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/053,682 filed Apr.
- the SVCs were established and controlled within the ATM network. While the method is both efficient and effective, it requires minimal functionality in the ATM network which may not be universally available. Consequently, it is desirable to provide a method and apparatus for reduction of call setup rate in an ATM network which is entirely ATM network-independent to permit the method and apparatus to be universally applied for the transfer of switched telephone network bearer traffic over an ATM backbone network.
- each cache pool has a master caching manager located at a first end of the pool and a slave caching manager located at an opposite end of the cache pool.
- ATM asynchronous transfer mode
- SVCs switched virtual circuits
- the invention also provides a method for reducing call setup rate in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network where edge devices serve as interfaces for ingress and egress of bearer traffic from other networks, comprising:
- each edge device maintaining at each edge device a plurality of pools of cached switched virtual circuits (SVCs) for the transfer of bearer traffic through the ATM network, the plurality of pools at a first edge device respectively containing cached SVCs for connections between the first edge device and second edge devices that respectively serve as interfaces for the ingress and egress of the bearer traffic; and
- SVCs switched virtual circuits
- one of the cached SVCs in an appropriate pool is selected to serve the call if a cached SVC exists in the appropriate pool.
- an apparatus for reducing call setup rate in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network where edge devices serve as interfaces for ingress and egress of bearer traffic from other networks comprising:
- a caching manager active on each edge device for managing a pool of cached SVCs between the edge device and other edge devices in the network
- a caching policy manager for providing the caching managers with caching policy to determine a maximum cache size for each pool of cached SVCs in the ATM network.
- the method and apparatus in accordance with the invention provide a network-independent control of switched virtual circuits to reduce call setup rate in an ATM network by establishing and maintaining pools of SVCs through the ATM network.
- Each pool of SVCs is preferably managed from each edge device interface by a separate instance of a caching manager which receives operational parameters from a centralized caching policy manager.
- the caching policy manager is preferably adapted to designate a master and a slave caching manager for each pool. The behaviour of the caching manager being dependent on its designation as master or slave.
- Each cache pool is preferably a dynamic cache.
- a dynamic cache consists of one or more SVCs established between two end points that are available and idle.
- a number of active connections may also exist between the same end points. An active connection that becomes idle may be returned to the cache, and reused in any subsequent call setup.
- the method and apparatus in accordance with the invention are network-independent and adapted for use with any ATM network.
- the edge device interfaces in accordance with the invention are preferably equipped to interface with TDM switches in telephone service provider networks.
- the interfaces may be connected by a single large trunk group to the TDM switches in order to minimize trunk management overhead. While this arrangement facilitates management of the TDM switch, it potentially contributes to cache fragmentation if the TDM switch requires more than one edge device interface to serve traffic load.
- the invention therefore further provides methods and apparatus for reducing cache fragmentation by consolidating edge device interfaces into a single large logical edge device interface. Alternatively, multiple trunk groups respectively dedicated to a predetermined subset of the bearer traffic may be used for the same purpose.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an ATM network configured with edge device interfaces in accordance with the invention to enable switched telephone network bearer traffic to be transferred through the ATM network;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of cached switched virtual circuits established between edge device interfaces in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 4 illustrates the same signalling sequence when no cached SVC is available to serve the connection request and a new SVC must be established
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a signalling sequence for connection setup when the cache managers at each of the edge device interfaces are peers;
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating the general algorithm shown in FIG. 7 adapted to provide a self-managing system for cache control using grade or quality of service levels and connection setup delay as control parameters;
- FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating the general algorithm shown in FIG. 7 adapted for using the number of waiting connection requests and GOS and QOS as to control parameters for governing cache size;
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating cache fragmentation which occurs when a single TDM switch requires more than one edge device interface to handle traffic load;
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of cache fragmentation on edge device interfaces that serve small TDM switches
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use of multiple trunk groups to minimize cache fragmentation
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a preferred method and apparatus in accordance with the invention for minimizing cache fragmentation without sacrificing the benefits of a single large trunk group connecting the edge device interfaces to the TDM switch;
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an alternative architecture for minimizing cache fragmentation when a single large trunk group is used at a large TDM switch.
- the invention relates to a method and apparatus for the reduction of call setup rates in an ATM network using cached SVCs to reduce call setup time.
- the SVC caching control and management is independent of the ATM network and located in edge device interfaces which convert time division multiplexed pulse code modulated data associated with switched telephone network calls to ATM cells, and vice versa.
- the edge device interfaces are adapted for the connection of TDM trunks and ATM links to ensure independence from either network.
- the interfaces may be adapted for the transfer of Internet Protocol (IP) packets through the ATM network. They may also be adapted to enable the transfer of data in other protocols through other connection-oriented networks. Likewise, the method and apparatus described below may be used for caching SVC's for other types of connection-oriented traffic besides switched telephone calls.
- IP Internet Protocol
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an ATM network 20 configured with edge device interfaces in accordance with the invention to enable switched telephone network bearer traffic to be transferred through the ATM network.
- a plurality of telephone switching offices such as end offices 22 and access tandem 24 are connected to the ATM network 20 by edge device interfaces 26 which convert pulse code modulated (PCM) data to ATM cells, and vice versa, in a manner well known in the art.
- the edge device interfaces 26 may be, for example, multi-service inter-working units which are also adapted to convert other types of data from other networks for transfer through the ATM network 20 .
- the edge device interfaces 26 may also be adapted to convert IP packets to ATM cells and vice versa.
- the edge device interfaces 26 are connected to the telephone switching offices 22 , 24 by trunk groups 28 which may respectively be single logical trunk groups or a plurality of trunk groups, as will be explained below in more detail.
- the telephone switching offices 22 , 24 are interconnected by a common channelling signalling network 30 , typically a Signalling System 7 (SS7) network which includes one or more signal transfer points (STP) 32 which forwards SS7 signalling packets from senders to receivers in a manner well known in the art.
- SS7 network 30 is also connected to a call manager server 38 , hereinafter referred to simply as call manager 38 .
- the call manager 38 likewise has an interface to the ATM network 20 to permit communication with the edge device interfaces 26 as will likewise be explained below in more detail.
- the edge device interfaces 26 in accordance with the invention are enabled to establish and maintain cached switched virtual circuits (SVCs) through the ATM network 20 , as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- SVCs switched virtual circuits
- a cached SVC is an emulated circuit (ATM SVC) between two edge device interfaces 26 which is available and idle.
- ATM SVC emulated circuit
- any number of active connections may also exist between the same edge device interfaces 26 as part of the same resource pool. Cache management endeavours to balance the use of bandwidth and switching resources by optimizing the number of cached connections between each pair of edge device interfaces 26 .
- cache connections 36 are established between each edge device where traffic volume warrants. Consequently, each edge device 26 supports and maintains a plurality of cache pools 36 .
- Each cache pool 36 is shared with another edge device interface 26 with which the SVCs are established.
- a cache manager 39 manages each cache pool 36 .
- an instance of the cache manager 39 manages each cache pool so that each cache pool 36 is managed as a separate logical entity. Cache pool management will be described below in more detail with respect to FIGS. 5-7.
- a simple algorithm may be used to designate the master/slave relationship in which some unique identifier such as an E.164 address of the respective edge device interfaces 26 of each cache pool is used to designate a master of the cache pool by, for example, selecting as master the instance of the cache manager that resides on the edge device interface with the E.164 address having a last digital value of the two addresses.
- some unique identifier such as an E.164 address of the respective edge device interfaces 26 of each cache pool is used to designate a master of the cache pool by, for example, selecting as master the instance of the cache manager that resides on the edge device interface with the E.164 address having a last digital value of the two addresses.
- the edge device 26 M is the master of a cache pool shared with the edge device 26 S.
- Edge device 26 M serves end office 22 a and edge device 26 S serves end office 22 b .
- a call originates at end office 22 a .
- the end office 22 a formulates an SS 7 Initial Address Message (IAM) and forwards the IAM over the SS7 network to the call manager 38 .
- the call manager 38 extracts information from the IAM and determines from the called number that the call should be terminated at end office 22 b using edge device interface 26 S.
- the call manager 38 uses the information extracted from the IAM to locate the edge device interface to handle the call origination and sends an IAM advisory message to the edge device interface 26 M.
- IAM Initial Address Message
- the edge device interface 26 M On receipt of the IAM advisory message, the edge device interface 26 M verifies the availability of resources and responds with an IAM ACK (acknowledge). The call manager 38 then sends on IAM advisory to the terminating edge device interface 26 S which performs a verification of the availability of resources and responds with an IAM ACK. Immediately thereafter, call manager 38 sends a connection request to the edge device interfaces 26 S, 26 M.
- the connection request message may be sent exclusively to the terminating end at edge device interface 26 S or sent to each of the edge device interfaces 26 S, 26 M. For reasons that will be understood by those skilled in the art, it is advantageous to effect backward call setup through the ATM network if the ATM network is organized in a plurality of subnets, respectively managed by a call manager 38 .
- a terminating edge device interface 26 has all the information required to set up a backward connection through the ATM network whereas the edge device serving the originating switch does not. It should also be noted that depending on the organization of the ATM network 20 (FIG. 1) backwards setup may not be required or advantageous and is not essential to the operation of the invention.
- the connection request message is sent to each of the edge device interfaces 26 S, 26 M.
- the connection request message sent to edge device interface 26 S includes:
- TDM path ends at edge device interface 26 M and 26 S;
- connection request message sent to edge device interface 26 M includes:
- TDM path ends at edge device interface 26 S and 26 M;
- the edge device interface 26 S On receipt of the Connection Request message, the edge device interface 26 S, being a slave in the cache pool relationship formulates an SVC Request message and transmits it to the edge device interface master 26 M.
- a System Management (OAM) cell may be used for this purpose.
- the OAM cell may be sent over any idle SVC to the cache master end. If no idle SVC is available, the edge device interface 26 S may, for example, perform one of the following:
- edge device interface 26 S may create a new SVC which the cache master 26 M would accept as part of the cache pool it controls;
- the OAM cell-setup request may be inserted in an in-use SVC assuming that no issue exists with respect to assigned VC bandwidth.
- the cache manager at edge device interface 26 M selects an available SVC from the cache and sends a Synchronize message over the SVC to inform the edge device interface 26 S that that SVC is to be used to serve the call.
- the edge device interface 26 S responds to the Synchronize message with a SynchAck message.
- the call manager 38 forwards the IAM to the terminating end office 22 b .
- end office 22 b verifies that the called party line is available.
- the end office 22 b then returns an Address Complete Message (ACM) to the call manager 38 .
- ACM Address Complete Message
- call manager 38 On receipt of the ACM message, call manager 38 forwards an ACM advisory message to the respective edge device interfaces 26 S, M and receives an ACM ACK in return. On receipt of the respective ACM ACK messages, the call manager 38 forwards the ACM over the SS7 network to the end office 22 a . When the called party answers, end office 22 b formulates an Answer Message (ANM) which it forwards over the SS7 network 30 to the call manager 38 . As with the ACM message, the call manager 38 responds to receipt of the ANM message by sending an ANM advisory message to each of edge device interfaces 26 S, M and receives an ANM ACK in return. Call manager 38 then modifies the ANM message and forwards it to the end office 22 a . Thereafter, conversation ensues across the completed call path.
- ACM Answer Message
- the called party goes on-hook first, so an SS7 Release (REL) message is sent from end office 22 b to the call manager 38 .
- the call manager 38 responds by sending an REL advisory message to the respective edge device interfaces 26 S, M and receives an REL ACK message in return.
- the call manager 38 modifies the REL message and forwards it to the end office 22 a .
- the call manager 38 then returns a Release complete (RLC) message to the end office 22 b to confirm the release.
- End office 22 a likewise returns an RLC message to the call manager 38 .
- the call manager 38 sends an RLC advisory message to each of the edge device interfaces 26 S, M.
- the cache manager at edge device interface 26 M examines the size of the cache pool and determines that the SVC should be cached, as will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 7-9. Consequently, the cache manager at edge device interface 26 M returns an OAM cell instructing the slave at edge device interface 26 S to cache the SVC for later use.
- the signals exchanged in the examples shown in FIG. 3 use System Management OAM cells sent through the ATM network for inter-device signalling, other mechanisms may be used such as a control channel (not illustrated) or a Generic Application Transport (GAT) protocol which has been proposed as a messaging protocol standard to the ATM Forum.
- GAT Generic Application Transport
- FIG. 4 shows the same call sequence shown in FIG. 3 with the exception that a cached SVC is not available and the cache master 26 M is required to establish a new SVC to serve the call.
- the SVC setup may be accomplished by the slave if no idle and available SVCs exist in the cache. In this example, however, the slave at edge device interface 26 S inserts an OAM cell-setup request in an in-use SVC and the cache manager master at edge device interface 26 M sets up the new SVC.
- the setup is accomplished by a Setup message sent to the ATM network from edge device interface 26 S.
- the ATM network does the necessary routing and sends an ATM Setup message to edge device interface 26 S.
- the edge device interface 26 S responds with a Connect message to the ATM network which responds by routing an ATM Connect message back to the edge device interface 26 M.
- the edge device interface 26 M sends a Synchronize message back to the edge device interface 26 S and call processing continues as described above with reference to FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a signalling sequence illustrating an instance in which a call request originates at an edge device interface which is designated as slave manager of the cache pool.
- the sequence in FIG. 5 is substantially the same as the sequence in FIG. 3 with the exception that edge device interface 26 M is the terminating edge device interface for a call which originated at end office 22 b and terminates at end office 22 a . Since the call sequences are substantially identical, a description of each step is not provided. Attention is directed to the Synchronize message which is sent from edge device interface 26 M to the edge device interface 26 S. Since the master of the cache pool is the terminating edge device for the call, it inspects the cache table and selects an idle and available cached SVC. It then sends the Synchronize message over the selected SVC to the edge device interface 26 S which returns a SynchAck message, as explained above with reference to FIG. 3 . Thereafter, the call proceeds as described above.
- the cache managers of the cache pool may also have a peer-to-peer relationship.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a signalling sequence for connection setup when the cache managers at each of the edge device interfaces are peers.
- a call originates at end office 22 a which formulates an IAM that is forwarded to the call manager 38 .
- the call manager 38 extracts call information from the IAM and forwards an IAM advisory to each of edge device interface 260 (originating end) and edge device interface 26 T (terminating end).
- the respective edge device interfaces 260 , T verify resource availability and return the IAM ACK messages as described above. Thereafter, the call manager 38 sends a Connection Request message to each of edge device interfaces 26 T and 260 .
- the cache manager at edge device interface 26 T selects an SVC from cache and sends a Synchronize message to the edge device interface 260 . Since the edge device interfaces 26 T, 260 operate as peers, a condition equivalent to “glare” can develop in which two cache managers select the same SVC at the same time for different calls. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the cache managers at edge device 26 T and 260 select the same SVC at the same time. There are many ways in which such glare conditions can be resolved. In the example shown, the edge device interface 260 returns a Synch Denied message over the selected SVC, and the edge device interface 26 T immediately selects another available SVC from the cache and repeats the Synchronize message over the newly selected SVC.
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a general overview of a preferred caching algorithm in accordance with the invention.
- the caching manager 39 waits for a connection request to be received from call manager 38 , as described above.
- the call manager determines in step 102 whether the cache contains an idle and available cached SVC to serve the connection request. If a cached SVC is available, the SVC is removed from cache in step 104 and mapped to the connection in step 106 . If the cache is empty, the cache manager requests from a new SVC from the ATM network in step 108 . If the ATM network has capacity to create the new SVC, it is mapped to the connection in step 106 .
- the cache manager checks cache once again in step 110 since there is a possibility that a call release has returned a connection to the cache during the time that the cache manager was waiting for a response from the ATM network respecting the setup of a new SVC. If the second inspection of the cache indicates that a cached SVC is available, it is removed from cache in step 104 and mapped to the connection in step 106 . Otherwise, the connection is blocked in step 112 and the cache manager returns to the connection monitoring process in step 100 .
- the cache manager updates link loading, switch loading and traffic level registers in step 114 .
- the link loading, switching loading and traffic level registers are used in cache size management, as will be explained below.
- cache size is inspected in step 116 to determine whether the number of cached SVCs is less than a minimum cache size.
- a minimum and a maximum cache size are provided to each cache manager 38 .
- these values are provided to the cache manager by a central cache policy manager, as will be described below.
- the minimum and maximum cache values may also be supplied by a system administrator or determined dynamically by a central or local process.
- step 116 If cache size is determined to be less than the minimum cache size in step 116 , the link load is checked in step 118 to determine whether it is greater than a predetermined value. If it is, the cache manager returns to the monitoring process in step 100 . Otherwise, in step 120 , the cache manager requests a new SVC setup from the ATM network and adds the SVC to the cache in step 122 .
- a separate process of the cache manager 38 monitors connection releases in step 124 .
- the cache manager 38 detects that a connection has been released, the cache manager checks in step 126 to determine whether cache is full, i.e., whether cache size is greater than the maximum cache size. If the cache is full, the SVC is released through the ATM network in step 128 . If the cache is not full, in step 130 the caching manager adds the SVC to the cache and returns to the connection release monitoring process in step 130 .
- a third process executed by the cache manager 38 is responsible for cache size management.
- the cache size management process executes a simple algorithm every “n” calls or each time interval “T”, or both. If the algorithm is executed every n calls, the cache size adaptation frequency changes with traffic load. If the algorithm is executed after the time interval T has elapsed, the algorithm is executed at a constant frequency. With a combined approach, the algorithm is executed in response to traffic load when traffic load is high and at predefined intervals when traffic load is low. In step 132 , the parameter(s) determining the cache size management frequency is monitored and the cache management algorithm is executed when the parameter(s) meets the predetermined criteria. When the algorithm is executed, the link load register is compared with a predetermined limit to determine whether link load is too high.
- step 138 the cache size is decreased in step 138 if the cache size is greater than the cache size minimum.
- the switch load or traffic variation are examined in step 136 . Either switch load or traffic variation may be used for a comparative examination to determine whether current switch load or current traffic load is increasing or decreasing with respect to a last time the algorithm was executed. For this purpose, the switch load and traffic level updated in step 114 is compared with a corresponding value saved when the algorithm was last executed.
- step 136 If a decrease greater than a predetermined value “X1” is detected in step 136 , the cache size is decreased by one if in step 138 the cache size is greater than minimum cache size. If in step 136 the switch load or traffic load is determined to have increased beyond a second predetermined value “X2”, then cache size is incremented by one in step 140 unless the cache size is already at maximum cache size.
- This algorithm dynamically adapts cache size to fluctuating traffic loads in order to ensure a dynamic balance of the use of bandwidth and switching resources by adding SVCs when bandwidth usage is low with respect to switching resource usage and removing SVCs from the pool when bandwidth usage is high with respect to switch resource usage.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the general algorithm in FIG. 7 adapted to provide a self-managing system for cache control using grade or quality of service levels and call setup delay control parameters.
- the first process is substantially identical to the general algorithm described above with the exception that step 114 (FIG. 7) is converted into steps 114 a and step 114 b .
- step 114 a the cache manager adds a setup delay for the connection to a delay register.
- step 114 b the cache manager updates a grade of service (GOS) value which is a measure of the number of connection attempts blocked, or a quality of service (QOS) value which is a measure of the transmission quality of a connection which may be measured using a number techniques well known in the art. Either GOS or QOS, or both, can be used in cache management, as will be explained below.
- GOS grade of service
- QOS quality of service
- the cache manager operates in steps 124 - 130 exactly as described above with reference to FIG. 7 .
- the cache management algorithm is executed every N th connection requests or each time interval T, or both, as described above.
- the appropriate variable(s) are monitored to determine when the cache management algorithm should be executed.
- GOS or QOS are examined to determine whether they are greater than a predetermined value “%”. If so, in step 146 , the cache size is decreased by one when the cache size is greater than cache size minimum. If GOS or QOS do not exceed a predetermined value, the average connection setup delay is examined in step 144 to determine whether the average setup delay is less than a predetermined value identified as “LowB” or greater than a predetermined value identified as “UpB” in step 144 .
- the cache size is decreased by one in step 146 , if it is greater than cache size minimum. If the average setup delay is less than UpB, the cache size is incremented by one in step 148 if it less than cache size maximum.
- one cached SVC may be removed from the cache and released through the ATM network. Alternatively, the process may wait a predetermined time to determine whether a one of the cached SVCs is used for a connection. If a cached SVC is used for connection, the SVC is not released until an SVC is to be returned to the cache, at which time the release is effected.
- one SVC setup may be requested from the ATM network and the SVC set up is added to the cache.
- the cache manager may wait a predetermined period of time to determine whether a connection release will add another connection to the cache.
- the GOS, QOS and setup delay registers are cleared so that new values can be accumulated in steps 114 a and 114 b , as described above.
- the grade of service is used to capture the link load.
- Grade of service is normally a measure of connection request blocking that has been used for provisioning the traditional switched telephone network for decades.
- the average SVC setup delay is used to capture switch load and route traffic fluctuation simultaneously. An increase in switch load or an increase in route traffic will each increase the connection setup delay.
- the call setup delay can be measured using timers. For example, a timer can be started when a new SVC request is sent and read when the connection setup is complete. GOS is most simply computed by measuring the number of connection requests blocked while counting the total number of connection requests received.
- FIG. 9 is flowchart illustrating the general algorithm shown in FIG. 7 adapted for using the number of waiting connection requests and a GOS or QOS as control parameters for governing cache size.
- the first and second concurrent processes are identical to that shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 with the exception that in step 114 c an outstanding connection request counter is updated and in step 114 d , the GOS and QOS registers are updated.
- step 152 the number of outstanding connection requests accumulated in step 114 c is compared with predetermined values “LowB” and “UpB” to determine whether the number of outstanding connection requests is less than LowB or greater than UpB. If the number of outstanding connection requests is greater than LowB, then cache size is decreased by one, if the cache size is greater than the cache size minimum. If the number of outstanding connection requests is greater than the value of UpB then the cache size is increased by one, if the cache size is less than maximum cache size, as shown in step 148 . In step 150 , the registers are cleared so that fresh accumulations are available for the next time the cache size management algorithm is executed.
- a condition hereinafter referred to “cache fragmentation” can occur when a very large telephone switching office is connected to an ATM network.
- the condition arises because typically the edge device interfaces 26 have a finite trunk capacity which is not equal to a trunk capacity of a large time division multiplexed (TDM) switch. Consequently, as shown in FIG. 10, when a large TDM switch 40 is connected to the ATM network 20 a plurality of edge device interfaces 26 are required to serve the switch.
- TDM time division multiplexed
- it is preferable that a single logical trunk group 42 is used for the connection because it simplifies maintenance on the TDM switch 40 and significantly reduces operations and maintenance costs.
- Cache fragmentation occurs because each of the edge device interfaces 26 connect to TDM 40 and require a cache pool to each edge device 26 connected to other TDM switches 44 .
- FIG. 12 shows one method of controlling edge device interfaces in which multiple trunk groups 46 a - 46 c are used to connect the TDM 40 to the edge device interfaces 26 a , 26 b and 26 c .
- cache fragmentation is implemented at the expense of increased management on the TDM switch 40 .
- routing tables on the TDM 40 route connection requests over the appropriate trunk group in a manner well known in the art. Consequently, management at TDM 40 is no more complex than is required in the switched telephone network as it currently exists and cache fragmentation is correspondingly minimized.
- FIG. 13 shows an alternate solution to reducing cache fragmentation.
- the TDM 40 is connected to the edge devices 26 a - 26 c using a single logical trunk group 42 but the edge device interfaces 26 a - 26 c are interconnected by inter-device bridges 48 and managed as a single large edge device interface. Consequently, only one cache pool 36 is required for each other edge device interface in the subnetwork. If a call is routed by TDM 40 to edge device 26 a but the cache pool required to serve the call is managed by edge device interfaces 26 c , 26 a routes the call over the inter-device bridges 48 to edge device interface 26 c which completes the connection processing in a manner described above.
- FIG. 14 illustrates another arrangement which permits a large TDM switch 40 to be connected by a single logical trunk group 42 to a plurality of edge devices 26 a - 26 c .
- an ATM switch 50 is used to consolidate and manage cache pools 36 so that cache fragmentation is eliminated. While this solution requires more capital investment than the other solutions described above, it provides another alternative for reducing cache fragmentation.
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